Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

Includes The Shakespeare-in-Essence Series : The essence of the dialogue interspersed with brief comments for comprehension...  Read More >>

Gillet de La Tessonerie’s tragi-comedy is an unusual example in French seventeenth-century theatre of a ‘play within...  Read More >>

"This text examines two major facets of Joe Orton: Orton, the playright, had a rare ability to delight and shock...  Read More >>

William Shakespeare: A Popular Life gives an entirely fresh spin to the bard's life and work. O'Connor presents...  Read More >>

This edition recognizes the play's pre-eminence as a performance work. The text is based on the 1597 Quarto which,...  Read More >>

"This brand new collection of plays reaffirms Richard Foreman's status as ""the reigning philosopher vaudvillian...  Read More >>

This work explores Shakespeare's deep fascination with dangerous and disorderly forms of speaking - especially rumour,...  Read More >>

Despite the fact that O'Neill is the only American playwright to have won the Nobel Prize for Literature, most of...  Read More >>

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In this study, Craig Walker offers a critical introduction to contemporary Canadian playwriting, providing a context...  Read More >>

This work is an inside look at the writer's role in the creative process of bringing his or her words to life on...  Read More >>

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A study of the Italian settings in 11 of Shakespeare's plays. It examines the essential characteristics of 16th-century...  Read More >>

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Five essays on Classical Athens (on Democracy, Slavery, Sex, God, and War) provide vital background information...  Read More >>

This comprehensive collection gathers critical essays on the major works of the foremost American and British playwrights...  Read More >>

The claim that virtually nothing is known about Shakespeare's life is dispelled in this text. It confirms that a...  Read More >>

Annual collection of articles and book reviews on Medieval and Renaissance literature, excluding Shakespeare  Read More >>

Scenes from lesser-known plays and extracts from poems are introduced with comprehensive introductions by a scholar...  Read More >>

The zenith of Shakespeare's genius is his poetry, perhaps the finest written in any language, so a proper examination...  Read More >>

One of our most acclaimed translators of Chinese drama and a specialist of Ming period literature translates one...  Read More >>

This text includes all of Brecht's theoretical writing about film, radio, broadcasting and the new media written...  Read More >>

One of our most acclaimed translators of Chinese drama and a specialist of Ming period literature translates one...  Read More >>

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By critical and popular description, Alan Bennett is one of England's best-loved playwrights. He is perhaps best...  Read More >>